SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Changes are occurring rapidly in the service industry as the minimum wage hike implemented this year has spurred on efforts to scale back labor costs. While convenience store chains are expeditiously implementing automated stores, dining establishments are actively experimenting with expanded self-service and self-checkout policies. Per industry insiders, Emart [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting October 5, Korea will launch its first debit card cashback service at convenience stores. Although a popular practice in a number of western countries, the service has not yet been introduced to Korean consumers. In a nutshell, the service is offered to customers who wish to add a certain [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With Me, the convenience store managed by Shinsegae group, announced that they opened a new store in the SUM Market located in the Samsung-dong building of SM Entertainment. The 1,161st With Me store showed record breaking sales, for the number of sales were 2.5 times higher than the average [...]